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The Impact of Acquisition Reform on Department of Defense Specifications and Standards for Materials and Processes Report of the Workshop on Technical Strategies for Adoption of Commercial Materials and Processing Standards in Defense Procurement (2002) / Chapter Skim
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2 Workshop Session 1:
Past, Present, and Future of Specifications and Standards
Pages 9-14

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... regarding the ongoing Defense Standardization Program (DSP) , The military aviation sector's real-worId reaction to acquisition reform, Recent specifications and standards symposium sponsored by NDL\'s Technical Information Division, and Current perception of the status and adequacy of ongoing initiatives and processes.
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... There remains a need to provide national visibility and to focus on the use of specifications and standards. DEFENSE STANDARDIZATION PRO GEM, MILSPEC REFOR1\1, AND NONGOVERNMENT STANDARDS Stephen Lowell, of the DSP Office, presented an overview of the original intent of laws passed regarding the ongoing DSP; the status of DSP objectives; the adequacy of communications and understanding throughout DoD and between DoD and industry; and the adequacy of DoD support for and interaction with commercial standards development organizations (SDOs)
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... ISSUES AFFECTING THE DOD Gary Adams, of the Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, provided an overview of the military (fixed-wing) aviation sector's rear-world reaction to acquisition reform, emphasizing that the sector's first responsibility is to meet safety and mission requirements and to adequately serve its ultimate consumers: the pilots and operators.
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... OVERVIEW OF THE SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS SYMPOSIUM SPONSORED BY THE NDIA'S TECHNICAL INFORMATION DIVISION Timothy Guilliams, of the Boeing Company, provided an overview of the recent Specifications and Stanciarcis Symposium sponsored by the National Defense Inclustrial Association's (NDIA) Technical Information Division.
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... Eliminating MilSpec leverage might disadvantage the engineering community vis-a-vis the program office, so that reliability and integrity could suffer. It was stated that the Air Force, to offset any loss of discipline, instituted two new policies intended to focus on operational safety and airworthiness criteria.
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